make love not war

[Navbouy24]

caught this on a walkabout on thursday

make love not war by nwarren51, on Flickr

 

[Ruffy]

Dont know what to say on that really ???

 

[shooter]

I think it shows huge disrespect for fallen soldiers, i assume it is some form of war memorial. Personally i would have removed it rather than photograph it.

 

[Mark Cook]

Sorry lost me why is it disrespectful ?

 

[awp]

Personally i would have removed it rather than photograph it.

Our job as photographers is to document the world as we see it - whether we like it or not - it is not our job to tamper with it.

 

[Siltyg]

Keeping his powder dry. disrespect was David Gilmours son swinging from the Cenotaph. IVe got 2 sons serving in Afghan and I know they would p##s themselve laughing at that

 

[Buttkicker]

I think the person who put it on has shown disrespect - however the photog has documented what he has seen and I think most other togs would of done the same (me included)
and must admit when I saw this image I did have a chuckle more with the quote
make love not war
which I think is extremly amusing

 

[Lastblackdog]

For all we know he was probably shooting blanks anyway...

 

[TCR4x4]

Soldiers often used condoms on the end of thier rifles to keep the dirt out. Cant see how its disrespectfull. Just factually accurate.

 

[dekeyboy]

Good shot . It made me smile. I only hope you didn't put it on to get the shot.

 

[Photophobic]

Made me smile too. Reminded me of a story about Winston Churchill:

Churchill had an innovative idea to add to boxes of 10 inch long condom-like protective rubber sheaths designed to go over the barrels of British rifles when fighting in the arctic: "I want a label for every box, every carton, every packet, saying "British. Size: Medium". That will show the Nazis if they ever recover one of them, who's the master race."

http://www.winston-churchill-leadership.com/churchill-quote-politics.html

 

[Mark Cook]

Sorry bit of a dumb moment didnt see the condom :bonk: thought you ment the statue was disrespectful :bang: please accept my apologies.
I will blame the wine

Regards
Mark

 

[Navbouy24]

As the op I in no way meant any disrespect,just a grab shot on a wander round,did make me laugh though.
We use condoms on our breathing apparatus bottles at work,if there big and fat your bottles leaking,lol.

 

[Neill]

made me smile also, dont think it shows disrespect to shoot a pic, the disrespect came from the person who put it there...

besides that do soldiers not use this technique as well...

 

[shooter]

Regardless of whether or not soldiers do this in practice i personally think any defacement of a memorial is disrespectful, we find many things in life amusing it's just for me this isn't.
Each to their own as the saying goes.